USD Women’s Basketball Crushing Summit League Play So Far

The college basketball season is starting to pick up pace as we've turned the calendar into 2022 and we are starting to see some of the better teams throughout the country rise up as conference play begins.

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The University of South Dakota women's basketball team is one of those good teams in college basketball that is off to a hot start in conference play.

On Saturday, USD defeated NDSU 65-38 in dominating fashion to cap off their 3-0 start so far in Summit League play.

That win improved the Coyotes to 11-4 on the season and they continue to show why they are a Top 25 team in college basketball.

Here is the complete release from the Coyote Athletic Department on their latest win:

VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota fifth-year senior Chloe Lamb dropped 27 points in the Coyotes' 65-38 win over North Dakota State on Saturday afternoon inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

South Dakota (11-4, 4-0 Summit) tallied its ninth-straight win and moved to 3-0 in games played on New Year's Day.

"Our young ladies found a way to make adjustments on both ends" said USD head coach Dawn Plitzuweit. "Even though it took a bit for us to get going offensively, our defense was outstanding throughout the game!"

Lamb dropped 22 of her 27 points in the first half, outscoring the Bison team on her own until early in the fourth quarter. Lamb was 10-of-16 from the field and 5-of-7 behind the arc. She added four assists and four steals to her stat line, and held NDSU leading scorer Heaven Hamling without a field goal on the defensive end of the floor.

North Dakota State (5-8, 1-2) scored the first four points of the game and led 13-11 at the beginning of the second quarter. A four-point play from Lamb gave the Coyotes a lead back and kicked off a 23-2 run that put USD up 34-15. Lamb scored 14 of USD's points during that run and the Coyotes shot 58.3 percent during the second period

South Dakota continued to extend its lead in the second half, outscoring the Bison 31-20 in the second half. Lamb was the only player from either team to finish the game in double-figures.

The Coyotes shot 40 percent from the field (22-of-55) and behind the arc (8-of-20). The Bison finished 29.8 percent (14-of-47) from the field and shot 25 percent (3-of-12) from deep. A Summit team has yet to make five or more 3-pointers against USD's defense.

South Dakota also capitalized with 19 points off 22 Bison turnovers.

South Dakota returns to the court at 1 p.m. next Saturday to host South Dakota State inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.